You are invited to join us at our bi-monthly meeting

Feature Program:  Steve and Linda Velasco’s African Photo Safari.  Angeles Chapter Sierra Club members Steve and Linda Velasco will share photos taken on their recent 6-week journey to Africa.  Their adventure took them to Rwanda where they trekked for hours through the Parc National de Volcans to observe three mountain gorilla families.   The next stop was South Africa where trackers and guides helped discover the indigenous and endangered African wildlife including wild dogs, Rhinoceros, Elephant and Leopards.  Their journey ended in Namibia where they experienced the hot and desolate Namib Desert including the mountainous sand dunes of Sossuvlei, the red Kalahari Desert, a stand of Quiver Trees, one of the ten most endangered trees on the planet.  The journey continued on to Luederitz where there were wild horses living in the stark desert and the abandoned diamond rush town of Kolmanskuppe built during the turn of the last century.  The local legend says the diamonds were literally lying on the ground.  The town is now being consumed by the ever-shifting sand dunes.  During their time in Namibia they discovered a surprisingly varied selection of wild inhabitants living in the unforgiving desert environment.

WHERE:    Norman Murray Community and Senior Center

                   24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, CA

WHEN:      7:00 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2016

ROOM:      Palo Verde

 DIRECTIONS:

Northbound on I-5, exit at La Paz, turn right onto La Paz, cross Marguerite Parkway and proceed over Oso Creek.  Turn left onto Veterans Way and drive to the Murray Center Parking lot.

Southbound on I-5, exit at La Paz, turn left onto La Paz,  cross Marguerite Parkway and Oso Creek.  Turn left onto Veterans Way and drive to the Murray  Center Parking Lot